Mortgages, Dodd-Frank, HMDA

CFPB Bites of the Month - July 2024

Hudson Cook, LLP on 7/30/2024

In this month's article, we share some of our top "bites" for the prior and current month covered during the July 2024 webinar....more

CFPB publishes HMDA review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 3/9/2023

On March 3, the CFPB published findings from a voluntary review of the 2015 HMDA Final Rule issued in October 2015, as well as subsequent related amendments that eased certain reporting requirements and permanently raised...more

CFPB issues request for information regarding assessment of HMDA rule

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/19/2021

Earlier this week, the CFPB issued a Request for Information (RFI) regarding an assessment of the significant amendments to the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act rules, known as Regulation C, adopted in October 2015 and...more

CFPB Will Assess the 2015 HMDA Rule and Not Pursue Other HMDA Rulemakings

Ballard Spahr LLP on 6/15/2021

In connection with the release of its latest semi-annual regulatory agenda, the CFPB announced that it will assess the October 2015 significant amendments to Regulation C under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), and...more

Wiley Consumer Protection Download (November 9, 2020)

Wiley Rein LLP on 11/9/2020

Regulatory Announcements - CFPB Issues No Action Letter to Facilitate Consumer Access to Loans. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a No-Action Letter to Bank of America, N.A. on November 5 regarding...more

CFPB Updates HMDA Webinars and Issues New HMDA Webinar

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/5/2019

The CFPB recently updated two prior Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) webinars to reflect amendments to HMDA made by the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act, and the interpretive and procedural...more

CFPB's Latest Proposed Rulemaking (TILA/HMDA) Focused on Mortgage Markets

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 8/1/2019

It has been an unusually busy rule-making stretch for the consumer mortgage markets at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau), marked by its issuance of an advanced notice of proposed rule-making (ANPR)...more

CFPB Issues Proposed HMDA Rule and Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/4/2019

The CFPB recently issued both a proposed Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) rule and an advance notice of proposed HMDA rulemaking. The CFPB also issued a summary that mainly focuses on the proposed rule, as well as an...more

Partial Rollback of Dodd-Frank Act: Key Changes for Residential Mortgage Lenders

Holland & Knight LLP on 7/17/2018

• The Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act) rolls back some of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act that were found to be overly burdensome and/or difficult to comply with, particularly for...more

CFPB Addresses Partial HMDA Exemption for Certain Depository Lenders

Ballard Spahr LLP on 7/6/2018

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) recently issued a statement regarding the partial exemption from Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) reporting requirements for certain lower mortgage volume depository...more

Senate Passes Banking Bill Providing Dodd-Frank Relief

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/16/2018

The U.S. Senate on March 14 passed S.2155, the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (the Act), by a vote of 67 to 31. Although the Act would not make the sweeping changes to the Dodd-Frank Act found...more

CFPB Announces Intent to Reconsider Disclosure Rule

McGuireWoods LLP on 1/4/2018

On December 21, 2017, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a public statement regarding implementation of the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA), noting that it plans to reconsider aspects of the mortgage...more

New Leadership: The CFPB Announces Its Plan to Reassess the CFPB’s 2015 HMDA Rule

Vedder Price on 12/22/2017

On December 21, 2017, under the direction of Acting Director Mick Mulvaney, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (the “CFPB”) announced that it intends to reopen the rulemaking process to reconsider various aspects of the...more

Orrick's Financial Industry Week In Review

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 10/6/2017

Agencies Propose Simplifying Regulatory Capital Rules - On September 27, 2017, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency announced a proposed...more

Nutter Bank Report, August 2017

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 8/31/2017

Federal Reserve Issues Proposed Guidance on Board Duties and Responsibilities - The Federal Reserve has issued proposed supervisory guidance on the duties of boards of directors of institutions supervised by the Federal...more

Nutter Bank Report, July 2017

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 7/31/2017

CFPB Arbitration Rule Will Prevent Firms From Blocking Class Action Lawsuits - The CFPB has approved a new rule that will prohibit banks and other covered providers of certain consumer financial products and services from...more

CFPB Proposes Changes to Home Mortgage Disclosure Act (HMDA) Reporting Threshold for Community Banks and Credit Unions

Kilpatrick on 7/19/2017

On July 14, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB or Bureau) issued a proposed rule on HMDA reporting requirements for banks and credit unions that issue home-equity lines of credit (HELOCs). Under rules scheduled to...more

ABA Critical of HMDA Rule in Comments to Treasury Secretary

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/18/2017

Based on the President’s executive order 13772 on The Core Principles for Regulating the United States Financial System, the American Bankers Association (ABA) submitted a white paper to Treasury Secretary Mnuchin that...more

The Financial CHOICE Act, now closer to passage, would significantly impact the mortgage industry

Ballard Spahr LLP on 5/15/2017

On May 4 H.R. 10, the Financial CHOICE Act (the Act) introduced by House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, R-Texas, obtained enough votes to move the bill on to the House of Representatives floor. The Act...more

CFPB identifies 2017 priorities in annual fair lending report

Ballard Spahr LLP on 4/20/2017

In its new annual report covering its fair lending activities during 2016, the CFPB identifies the following three areas on which it “will increase our focus” in 2017...more

NAFCU urges regulatory relief for credit unions in letter to Secretary of the Treasury Mnuchin

Ballard Spahr LLP on 3/3/2017

On February 28, 2017, B. Dan Berger, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Association of Federally-Insured Credit Unions (the “NAFCU“), urged regulatory relief for credit unions in a letter submitted to the...more

CFPB issues Fall 2016 Supervisory Highlights

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/7/2016

In its Fall 2016 Supervisory Highlights, which covers supervision work generally completed between May and August 2016, the CFPB highlights violations found by its examiners involving origination and servicing of auto...more

CFPB sending HMDA warning letters

Ballard Spahr LLP on 10/28/2016

The CFPB announced that it is issuing warning letters to 44 mortgage lenders and mortgage brokers stating that it “has information that appears to show that your company may not be in compliance with certain provisions of the...more

Director Cordray Responds To Letter from Senators Seeking Tailored Rulemaking for Community Banks and Credit Unions

Ballard Spahr LLP on 9/6/2016

Last month, a bipartisan group of 70 senators were signatories to a letter sent to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Richard Cordray urging the CFPB to “carefully tailor its regulations to match the unique...more

Federal Reserve Repeals Regulation AA, Proposes Repeal of Regulation C

Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/19/2016

The Federal Reserve Board (Board) is repealing Regulation AA, which includes the Board's credit practices rule, effective March 21, 2016. The Board is also proposing to repeal its Regulation C, which historically implemented...more

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